I want to install the SSL certificate on the Load Balancer and use the SSL protocol, but I don’t want SSL Offload. I want it to remain entirely encrypted between my client and my server. Is this possible?

Yes, this is absolutely possible, and recommended! To accomplish this, you will need to configure the “protocol” as SSL and map it also to SSL on your servers (both probably on port 443). This ensures SSL is maintained between the client and your servers, while still allowing you to take advantage of our SSL acceleration, […]

SSL Error: Could not create certificate-key pair

If you’re attempting to create a certificate key-pair and have received the message shown below, there is usually one common remedy: The remedy is to run your key through OpenSSL using the RSA key processing tool to change it to the traditional SSLeay compatible format. And yes, to immediately answer our critics: we do support […]

Retrieve an Immediate Certificate

Method:              GET URI:                       /ALF/SSL/IntermediateCert/{certId} This method will retrieve a specific Intermediate Certificate  

Can I upload a PFX certificate file?

What is a PFX Certificate file? A PFX certificate file, also known as PKCS #12, is a combined file that contains the server certificate, intermediate certificate as well as the matching private key and is password protected. These files are typically used on Windows systems and if you already have a certificate and key on […]

And You Thought Your Transactions Were Safe: SSL Based Attacks

Your plaintext internet traffic is subject to attack. You already knew this.  And it probably won’t surprise you to learn that your encrypted internet traffic is also vulnerable. It’s an unfortunate situation. Carl Herberger, Radware’s VP for Security Solutions, says that the prospect of SSL-based attacks “makes a folly of our existing security infrastructure”. The […]

SSL Tab

We permit uploading of SSL certificates which can be attached to the SSL protocol. This allows us to decrypt the SSL session in order to insert client-ip headers, or perform SSL offload. Unless you require either of these two features, you probably don’t need SSL and could use the SSL_PROXY protocol instead to simply pass […]

Delete a Certificate and Key Pairing

Method:              DELETE URI:                      /ALF/SSL/CertificateKeyPair/{CertKeyPairId} This method deletes a Cert/Key pairing. A cert/key pair must not be bound to any Packs in order to successfully complete this operation.

Create a Certificate and Key Pairing

Method:              POST URI:                      /ALF/SSL/CertificateKeyPair This method creates a certificate and key pairing, which is required in order to attach it to a Pack. Field Required data Name A name for your cert/key pair. E.G. “example.com-2016” KeyId The Key ID […]